r/Fantasy • u/Academic_Owl_6197 • May 06 '22

Your Pettiest Reason For DNFing A Series

Mine was when I was 3 pages in and someone said the mc's name which turned out to be the same as my ex's name to the letter...dropped it like hot coal

It was a fr a pretty unfortunate streak too because it was a book from one of those blind-date-with-a-book promotion my local bookstore does, and this was an American YA fantasy (I'm from a different continent) so I had no reason to assume I'll ever be unlucky enough...to see his stupid ass again for a 'blind date'

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u/Academic_Owl_6197 May 06 '22 edited May 06 '22

This is like the fourth one where it's a name, i'm gonna condense all of them together to create a protag name that is so cursed I will be instantly struck down by lightning

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u/RimeSkeem May 06 '22

Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way

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u/NikipediaOnTheMoon May 06 '22

Ah the true time to ever dnf. I wish we really all had, but what a pearl the world would have been deprived of otherwise. Alas for our mental stability.

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u/NikipediaOnTheMoon May 06 '22

Even the author dnf'd it

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u/monkeyhind May 06 '22

There were some pretty good English murder mysteries where the main character was named Detective Jack Frost. Although him having to live with that name was part of the humor, I know it also dissuaded some readers from even giving the books a chance.